Official: Enzo Zidane joins Alavés

Enzo Zidane will play at Mendizorrotza for the next three seasons, after Alavéssigned the youngster from Real Madrid.

Real Madrid, managed by Enzo’s father Zinedine Zidane, will have the right to buy the player back, as is often the case when a young player leaves the Bernabéu. Enzo Zidane will be presented next week.

The 22-year-old rose through the youth ranks at Real Madrid, arriving in the Castilla squad in the 2015/16 season. During that campaign, Zidane regularly trained with the first-team squad. Yet he has only played 45 minutes with Los Blancos, against Cultural Leonesa in the Copa del Rey, scoring one goal.

In the last two seasons Zidane has played 78 matches for Castilla, scoring seven times and providing 15 assists in the process. He closed 2016/17 with five goals and five assists in 32 matches. The new man at Alavés has also represented France at Under 19 level.